Rune Factory 5
Set off on a grand adventure in a fantasy world with the latest entry in the Rune Factory simulation RPG series. After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are…
Rune Factory 5 is an adventure developed by HAKAMA, released 20 May 2021 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Rune Factory 5 is
Rune Factory 5 is an adventure game developed by HAKAMA and released in 2021. It was published by Marvelous. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the Kingdom of Norad, a girl wanders in the forest by herself. She is nearly attacked by a Wooly and screams. Lying on the ground nearby, the player wakes up without memories but realizes they to help the girl. They defeat the monsters and are escorted back to the girl's town, but collapses at the gate. While attempting to take a step out of town, Priscilla and Lucy witness this and rush over to help. The player wakes up at the clinic and meets Simone and Murakumo, revealing to both of them that they suffer from amnesia. Lucy is not sure if they should allow the player to stay, but her mother suggests they try the Soul Sphere. She goes to Seed Station and introduce them to Livia. As the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Rune Factory series
Rune Factory 5 is the ninth of 18 entries we hold in the Rune Factory series. It arrived a year after Rune Factory 4 Special: Archival Edition. The next entry was Rune Factory 5: Premium Box Limited Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 81 is 5 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Rune Factory 4 Special at 87.
How it was received
Rune Factory 5 holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Rune Factory 5 launched on 20 May 2021, within three weeks of Biomutant, Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Biomutant, Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rune Factory 5 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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